Tags: eurozone
Eurozone: Periphery Countries Restored External Balances, Recovery Follows?
May 22nd, 2013
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by Matthew Higgins and Thomas Klitgaard - Liberty Street Economics, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Current account deficits in euro area periphery countries have now largely disappeared. This represents a substantial adjustment. Only two years ago, d… more »
Eurozone: Fifth Quarter of Contraction
May 16th, 2013
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Econintersect: The EU-17 (Eurozone) suffered the fifth consecutive quarter of negative GDP growth in Q1 2013. The wider Europe (EU-27) saw the fourth contraction in the past five quarters. The first quarter saw a much smaller contraction than for 4Q 2… more »
France: Triple Dip
May 15th, 2013
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Econintersect: France has dipped into its third recession in the wake of the Great Financial Crisis (GFC). The other "heavyweight" of the Eurozone, Germany, managed to swing back to almost imperceptible growth in the first quarter of 2013.
France saw… more »
Sunday Evening News for the Eurozone: May12
May 12th, 2013
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Econintersect: Collected news stories follow that reflect on the Eurozone (EU-17) and the larger EU (EU-27) and their trading partners. Topics include the high price in Bangladesh for European T-shirts, the Greek brain drain, consumer spending in th… more »
Sunday Evening News from China: May 12
May 12th, 2013
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Here are some top of the news stories collected by Econintersect for Sunday 12 May 2013. There are stories about China's many global economic connections, softening economic trends in China and an article about China's relationship with North Korea. Th… more »
